Character Quote by Brand Blanshard

What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?

— Brendan Fraser

“Suppose, for instance, that men were only represented in literature as the lovers of women, and were never the friends of men, soldiers, thinkers,…

— Virginia Woolf

If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not…

— Orlando Bloom

“If the distinction is not held too rigidly nor pressed too far, it is interesting to think of Shakespeare's chief works as either love…

— Harold Clarke Goddard

I think this [Gnomeo & Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest.

— Matt Lucas

Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.

— Aaron Yoo

Could Shakespeare give a theory of Shakespeare?

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've always wanted to give 'Hamlet' a shot. It's the big one, you know. I haven't done Shakespeare professionally, so I think it would…

— Brian d'Arcy James

'Othello' is the most domestic of Shakespeare's tragedies and the one that's likely to strike a personal note with a lot of people watching…

— Andrew Davies

And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do…

— Julie Taymor

The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.

— Sarah Bernhardt

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

— Jessica Lange